The Annals of the Flame Kingdom (WN)

Crisp and the sound of the blade pen slipping over the paper fills the room. Watching the man immersed in the 'task', which began at the same time as the sun came up, a woman who was just a little hesitant to speak up, eventually opened her mouth as if she had decided to.

"The... what, Niza? Time to take a break? Too much work is poisonous to your body, huh?

It is Scion. Neeza, who had been immersed in the work with her voice hanging on her desk since morning, finally lifted her face off the paperwork as if she had just noticed the voice, not to mention.

"... that? Mr. Theon, did you speak to me now?

"Rest when you rest," I said. You can't do that, can you?

"Oh...... excuse me, shall we have lunch?

To Niza's words, Sion, sighing out the window - pointing to the streets of dusk, where the sun is already falling. After casually turning her gaze to you and dyeing her complexion in amazement over that time, Niza opened her mouth uncomfortably.

"... excuse me, shall we have dinner?

The response is a bigger sigh than earlier. More and more Niza made herself look smaller to the tricks and expressions of the shrugged Scion.

"Well, I don't know what it's like."

That's what I say. I turn my gaze to a pile of deposited paperwork. Niza bowed her head in a frightened manner to Zion staring half-eyed at that mountain, which flickered over there and swayed over here.

"... sorry"

"I overdid it. There's nothing I can do in a hurry? Look in the mirror. A hundred years of love is a terrible thing to do, isn't it?

Boulder, inside. Niza's body grew smaller and smaller when Lotte told Liz the same thing to show her.

"No, that... Mr. Scion is right..."

With her teeth cut so badly, Niza puts up the paperwork at hand to show.

"This is amazing."

"I know. Who the hell thinks I helped?

"I appreciate that... but does Mr. Scion realize the 'true' value of this one?

Sion's eyebrows bounced picklessly at Niza's words in a casual breeze.

"... well. What's that? Is that a challenge to me?" You don't know what it's worth, do you? "But you're gonna say it?

"Why does that happen! It's too much blood, Mr. Scion!

"Hmm. You know I hate losing"

"... I remember exactly, but... eh? It almost says' all over the world 'route."

"I know."

"The roughness of the seas due to the season, the presence or absence of pirates, shallow waters and rocky reefs to be aware of, not only describe the time between ports around the world… for example, travel time from Larchia to the nearest port, right?

"Right. So I told you I knew. What are you trying to say, you?

"No… so this means that 'merchants from all over the world' have all the information they want to know. That's the information that merchants want no matter how much money they give. That's what's in front of you right now, isn't it?

As a merchant, Niza leaks more breath when she's smaller, saying that she can't be less excited. Theon frowned at the appearance.

"... that, what? As for the value of 'information', well, I get it. But... what? I honestly doubt it's worth working at night without sleeping."

To Theon's words, Niza glances at the writing again. After stroking the paperwork with the stomach of the index finger on his right hand, he raised his gaze diagonally so that he could think only slightly of it, smiling like a prankster.

"Well... in the way that Mr. Theon thinks it's interesting... does getting this paperwork mean 'getting the world'?

Although the value of 'information' tends to be relatively low in modern Japan, where information infrastructures are developed and diffused throughout the world minutes after the occurrence even of incidents in a corner of the world, the importance of information becomes very high on the continent of Orkena, where the main means of travel by road are carriage and foot. The Rotosilt family, for example. It is a family that has built a Jewish world treasury that means' red plaque 'in German, a family of European barons called' Rothschild 'in French, and in English, which would be more familiar to the Japanese.

Maier, a successful home ancestor as a banker, has five sons, each of whom operates and succeeds in the heart of Europe: Frankfurt, Vienna, London, Naples and Paris, the main houses. While it is certain that the Rothschild children themselves had business talent, the most important success factor would be the smooth and smooth sharing of information among the families scattered throughout Europe through their own network of contacts and pigeons, with the cooperation of the five families. The breadth, speed and accuracy of the Rothschild family's information network are widely known in Europe, and in the Battle of Wartellow, while obtaining information as soon as possible on Napoleon's defeat, he sold British bonds pretending as if England, which was the other country, had lost, and turned to buying public bonds after the fished investors had sold off the bonds, and when the UK victory report arrived and the bonds rose in price, he sold off the bonds he had bought and made huge profits.

"No matter what good merchant you are, it's hard to know information about the rest of the world. I don't know if the 'route' I'm going to go through is safe in the real sense. But... you can gain some knowledge with this document."

It is said that the value of the Rothschild family's "information network" is no longer absolute in the developed modern era of telecommunications networks. In particular, it is still a clan that retains a certain amount of influence, but details are omitted.

"Then this' information '... is something worth a thousand bucks"

That said, after dropping her gaze on the paperwork again, Niza turned the dropped gaze towards Zion.

"- Synonymous when you get the world," he said!

I saw Scion exhaling from his nose.

"Niza! Again! Show me that paperwork again!

"Hey, Mr. Scion! Close! Chi - Oh, I'm not pulling! I can break it! Because I can break it! He said he was too excited!

"May fly! Can this Theon Baumgarden stay excited when they say it's synonymous and so on when you get the world!

"I mean, you read it once! Didn't you make a fool out of me when I was in college that you'd know more or less if you read it once!

"Reading it as a job and reading it with interest is another story! Blah, 'I said I'd dress up and help, but I honestly want to sleep' and I was reading it!

"It's too smashing! Do it seriously!

"There's no mistake in my paperwork!

"I wasn't wrong! I'm talking about attitude!

"If the results are good, we won't have a problem!

"Wow, I'm pissed off with bees! I'm not wrong, though! I'm not mistaken!

The ability itself is like a high human sample, Theon is. The work to the extent of "sorting out and compiling the main points of the paperwork that it says" - I'm afraid of dirty stories, but I can do it even with my nose dust. By the way, I'll tell you in Theon's honor, it wasn't like I was doing it for once with a lady's girlfriend, really snotty. It is a metaphor.

"You're a hustler all the time. Anyway! Just give me that paperwork! I'll read it!

"No, so! I'm still at work. Hey! You just bit my right hand!

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

"I don't know what you're talking about! I mean, it hurts! Don't talk with the bite! A dog!"

"Ha ha ha ha!

"So it hurts! Come on, come on."

"... hey, you guys... what are you doing?

There is a voice coming from the door to block Niza's words. Waving his right hand, and biting it in its right hand, Niza and Zion gaze at the door mouth at the same time.

"... get to work, you guys. Can you tell me? Mr. Lotte and... to Master Iris."

I lowered the paper bag of apples I had brought instead of plugging in and saw Ayano floating blue muscles on his forehead.

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"... Hota, Erica, Emily, Sonia seem busy, so I came to see how things went instead... what are you doing, you guys? We're all busy, aren't we?

Ayano talks with a knife with his right hand, with blue muscles floating around his forehead. He raised his gaze as Niza and Theon were frightened as he sat on the floor.

"Um... I'm really sorry I didn't sit down"

"The... I'm sorry, Ayano"

"Apologies are fine. Reason?"

"Well... Niza did, didn't she? Because there is information in the paperwork that can 'get the world'..."

"Oh, no! Oh, no, Mr. Ayano! Speaking of the former, it's bad that Mr. Scion didn't work properly!

"And don't be rude! Ayano, no! The job was decent! In fact, the paperwork itself should be perfect!

"You were so appropriate that there was no more way to work on it!

"The result would be everything!

"What is it!

"What!

Theon and Niza impersonating each other in sin. One sigh of relief at the appearance, Ayano pointed the knife he had at the two of them.

"... you guys, maybe you're not reflecting at all?

"" Oh, that's not true! I'm reflecting. ""

Cash stuff, the two with the knife pointing at them, stretched their spines again and sat back, aligning their voices and responding that way. Ayano sighed deeply again at the figure, putting the knife in his hand on his desk.

"Anyway, we're not fighting anymore! It's not like it's an unscrupulous tight schedule, but it's not like I have that much time... and I feel like I'm being skipped out on something and it's pretty annoying there."

Saying so, "Come on, let's eat," Ayano said, turning to the knife until earlier - when he holds a plate with a beautifully cut apple in the shape of a rabbit in his hand, he lowers his hips to the table in the center of the room. Encouraging the two remaining in the front seat to take their seats with only their gaze, Theon and Niza rose from the cold floor and lowered their hips to the chair opposite Ayano.

"... well. That's a clever thing."

Mr. Rabbit, neatly aligned and arranged in the center of the table. Words of praise leak from Zion's mouth unexpectedly on the apple. Ayano scratched her cheeks and showed them as if they smelled just a little on the words.

"Thanks. But can anyone do this?

"Anyone, let's not. At least I can't... perhaps neither His Majesty nor Erica can."

"Whatever Your Majesty or Erica...... Theon too?

"Even if you can't do your chores, you won't die. I mean, I'd be more surprised if Ayano could. It was kind of an image of 'I can study, but I'm devastatingly bad at chores'...... characters get bummed. What, to grab your stomach?

"Don't say characters get bumpy or anything. Well, I don't deny grabbing my stomach... cooking is a hobby. Why don't you try Scion, too? I think it's for you."

To Ayano's words, Niza shakes her neck to the left and right with all her might. He glanced half-eyed at Niza like that, and Zion clasped his shoulders small.

"Is this what Niza says?

"Theon, you're a scientist, right? Aren't you gonna experiment or something?

"Do?

"I'm with you. Simply fry or simmer for a determined amount of seasoning and ingredients in a determined procedure. If you don't suck at 'hidden flavors' or 'eye mass'... well, it looks like you've had experience and taste, but at least you don't get stuff you can't eat."

"... I see. Then the food's still not for me."

"See? Why?

"I'm an experimenter who wants originality."

"… Correction. You're not even a scientist. I mean, is that okay, Sole? Oh, alle? I don't do very dangerous experiments, Kuchi?

In such a question of Ayano, Theon glances over his shoulder and sees Niza. With a sigh of sigh, Niza opened her mouth in lieu of Zion.

"... The University of Larchia has a place called the Grand Auditorium, which is only used for admissions and graduations."

"Is that it?

"It's not like I'm off-limits, but you don't normally go in, do you? I don't need it. But it's about the auditorium, so it's quite large. So Mr. Theon said, 'There's such a big place around the corner. I don't need to use it." I brought the equipment from the lab and experimented with it a little dangerous. Senior Klaus from Hotel Larchia, Senior Velour from the Searches Chamber of Commerce... and take me with the luggage clerk. So the experiment started… I didn't observe the usage capacity and said,' That's about it! 'It's a pretty dangerous mixture of drugs, isn't it?

"... oh, it feels like I don't want to hear anything... so?

Plenty of two seconds to ask Ayano.

"The roof of Larchia Auditorium has blown away"

……

"It was an historic building called it since the Aleia era, and it turned out to be a pretty good case. Mr. Theon's parents are also taught at the University of Larchia, who are very good, respectable...... I resented the boulders. What way did you raise him? Oh, by the way, here it is, one of the top seven cases at the University of Larchia."

Ayano, suddenly. Keep it up, Zito. Point your eyesight at Zion. Noticing that gaze, Zion slowly opened his mouth.

"... you were young, so was I."

"Don't be too young! I mean, Sole, it's almost like terrorism!

"Right. It didn't taste good to have Velour around. At one point, we were able to develop into a diplomatic issue with Solvania. No, I was in a hurry with the boulder. I never thanked Baumgarden's name and Lotte Ong more than I did back then."

"Not bad at all! Think of it as a little sorry!

"I know I'm sorry... well, I'm a scholar too. Failure in the experiment is an accessory. Sometimes you learn from failure."

"Then stop asking for originality in the experiment!

"That's not where I learned. I just thought, 'Let's stop experimenting in critical facilities'. No, I learned, I learned."

That's what I said, Mr. Rabbit. Take the apple from the plate and I'll show it to you. Scion. By the way, when I summoned Haota, it was called "While Not Opening" for a thousand years. As we can see, this was also a super important facility. In essence, Zion has learned nothing.

"... ha. I don't care anymore."

I already gave up. All that said, he exhales a deep deep sigh, and Ayano turns his gaze to Niza.

"... so? What about the progress?

"What? We got eyes on him, too?

"Will you tell me after you think back on what you did a while ago? You'd be worried if you saw the two of us in the room you visited, right?

Ayano's best words. It was Niza who responded to the question.

"Some thanks to Mr. Theon for his help, I was able to compile some material. From here, I think I'll calculate the premiums based on the calculation of insurance premiums between routes, the type of ship… years, loads, etc."

"... you're going pretty far for playing, huh?

"It's a misunderstanding, it's"

After saying that and smiling and showing it, Niza exhales in a small sigh.

"It's just that this is the hard part to come by. Whatever the information is compiled, when it comes to calculating premiums..."

In the continent of Orkena, where there is no mechanism called insurance, there is nothing to be used as a reference indicator. More precisely, the 'premium' that Niza will make in the future will be the reference figure. This is not hard to imagine taking a lot of work and time.

"Well, I know it's hard... but I can't believe it, why don't you just make a platform?

"No, it is..."

Ayano makes his eyebrows jump pickly at Niza's words, which are badly chopped. Noticing such a change in Ayano's expression, Niza opened her mouth forever.

"... I don't know... this is going to be a case involving His Majesty or Lord Lotte... even Erica, right? That means you can never fail... that..."

I'll just say a few words. After noticing Ayano's gaze staring at Niza like that, Niza waved her hands to the left and right as if she had panicked a little.

"Oh, of course, ladies and gentlemen, I know you're doing this for me! It's a very thankful story, and I'm not going to complain! I really don't think I can get a chance like this. It's true! It's true, but... here's the thing..."

"Anxious, you mean?

……

"You mean scared?

".................. Yes"

I'm not going to question you. Still, Niza shrugged as Ayano lowered herself just a little to her words and almost disappeared.

"... I see"

In Ayano's words, as if he had cut a weir.

"-Because... I've been the only merchant ever, right? Of course, I'm not out of touch with my job, and I'm proud to have done so much work! But! That's what His Majesty and Lotte and Erica thought... if they say so suddenly that you can be in charge of" The Great Business of the Nation "..."

Niza does fall into the category of the best as a merchant. But even if I think about it, I want you to see it. If a good salarier suddenly tells me 'Build the nation's greatest project from scratch on your own' and it's that easy... perhaps the answer is no.

"... I've never done anything like this... and I don't know if I can really..."

Ayano listens to Niza's words in silence as she sits down. And Theon spoke to Niza.

"... what does it have to do with you not sleeping much?

"... I can't sleep"

"To work enough to break your body?

"When I stop, I think about it. I just failed, like this... with glue in my head. When I'm compiling the materials, I don't have to think about it."

Disclosure of the ever silent mood. Hearing the words, Theon whispered his shoulders small and sighed.

"... you idiot. Why don't you talk to him?

"Consultation..."

"Am I so unreliable?

"That's not what I meant! I don't... because... I'm scattered and annoyed by Theon... and this seems like the only stupidity... and I know I'm not in a position to say that..."

Potty as you say, Potty. Theon sighed heavily again at Niza, who spoke so.

"... I don't know what you think, but I highly value you... and most importantly, I think you're a pretty junior. There are aspects of this case that I incited. So if you're worried, I'd like to help you a little bit."

……

"I'd rather not be consulted. Remember the liver."

"... Yes"

"Theon, that's about it. Well, you know what Niza's talking about. You went as far as the situation without talking about anything to yourself, and when you realized it, you were in charge of the big project. I don't even know if I can really do it. Well, that makes me nervous."

Well, this doesn't explain anything. Kota is also responsible, laughing and taking the apple on the plate. Ayano sipped the apple, chewed it and swallowed it, then continued his words after he had rolled the apple over his hands and played with it.

"... Hey, Niza. You know what a bear bee is?

"... Bear bee, is it? No......"

"I was there... Yamate has a bee called a bear bee. You've got a sloppy body, you've got a really small feather... and there's a discipline called aerodynamics, right? The idea of aerodynamics was that you can't fly that big body of a bear bee with that little feather."

"... uh... you mean you can't fly theoretically?

"That's the thing. So why are haz bear bees flying that theoretically can't fly? Why do you think that is?

"Why, is it?

To Niza's inquiry, take another sip of the apple.

"'Bears can fly because they don't know they can't fly'. Or," Bears can fly because they believe they can. "

Put the remaining apples in your mouth. Ayano saw him swallow an apple, and Zion uttered the word.

"Don't think about romantic things inside, Yamate's scholar."

"There are things that can't fly theoretically, so we should question theory first. Well, it's almost like a gag... but right? Then in Yamate, the bear bee started to mean 'make the impossible possible'. It can be a sports team logo or something."

"... Hmm. So you told Niza to do her best to make the impossible possible, like a bear bee?

Ayano waves his head small at the words.

"... no?

On the side.

"Because impossible things are impossible no matter how hard you try. Like I said, in the end, the theory was wrong. I'll skip the details, Reynolds, but with that in mind, it turns out that a bear can fly properly with a little feather on that big body."

"... I see. That's an interesting story. Tell me the details you saved later."

"I can't. Because I hate reason"

Discontinue Zion's request. Ayano continued his words, looking at Shion with a little nose whitening.

"You're a fat, hard-working fool."

"I know."

"But... don't give up. What you can't do, you don't make an effort from the start. The kind of thing you would never do out of your reach. If Hota were a bear bee and told him, 'You can't fly theoretically,' I'm sure he'd say, 'Oh, really? Then let's not fly."

"... well, I guess so. Somehow I can imagine."

"But I'm sure such a bear bee, Kota, said, 'Sorry, sorry. Reynolds count. You can fly, right? If I say'... that hard work idiot, I'm sure you'll try. Learn how to move efficient feathers, practice, fail, get muddy... but I'm sure you'll fly in the end, big sky."

That being said, Ayano closes his eyes with a slight glare. Ahead of his thought, he slowly opened his closed eyes after loosening his cheeks thinking of that happily flying through the sky.

"... just because, well, that hard work idiot is a pretty special pattern. I think a normal bear would butt in and say, 'I've never flown before, but suddenly they say I can fly.' I really think there's something about Reynolds numbers, and if you can't fly otherwise, you don't have to practice flying until you feel painful."

……

Ayano also returns her gaze to Niza, who stares silently.

"If Niza was alone, it might be difficult. But Kota, Erica, Emily, Sonia... me and Theon will spare no cooperation. Even His Majesty, Mr. Lotte, will help you to the fullest."

"... Yes"

"With all these favorable conditions, I'm sure there's nothing impossible. Later... well, I wonder if you can believe us."

"... Yes. What Ayano is saying... I see."

"Yeah, well, that's it."

Hitting the bread and hands, Ayano takes the handkerchief out of his pocket. I try to wipe my hands with apple juice and stop that movement.

"... oh, yeah. This is very personal, isn't it?

"Yes?"

"I get muddy, I get hurt, I still think it's pure good-looking of Kota to make an effort, and I find her very attractive as a single woman, don't you?

That said, Ayano smiled and showed her cheeks dyed by Zhu only slightly.

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……

After Ayano left after visiting the room, he said, 'Okay, Niza? You're definitely going to sleep today, aren't you?' And so did Theon, that night.

"... I can't sleep"

Neeza, diving into the bed and wearing a futon from her head, slowly woke up that body.

"I understand, Mr. Ayano has something to say."

I understand what Ayano is trying to say. I don't need to hold it in alone, and I'm not talking 'light' enough to hold it in alone.

"... but..."

That being said, it's not that easy to break it off. When you wake up from bed in a dark room while exhaling, you walk up to the candlestick by hand to rub the match and ignite the oil. In the sound and smell of the jizzy core burning, the room was only slightly brighter when it was dark.

"... do it"

After all, are you still up all night?

I think so, and Niza walks to her own desk in the corner of the room. You're hungry, or after showing a little bitterness to your own bellyworm who protests, Niza puts her hips down on the chair of destination.

I shook my body unexpectedly at the sound of a tongue of doors ringing.

"... yabe"

If I were to visit my room at this hour, it would be about Scion. Before he told me to go to sleep, if he found out what was happening, he would surely say Netineti. For a moment, I thought I'd delude myself by pretending I slept, and still this time I sigh thinking it was worse when I found out.

"... go ahead. I'm awake."

Speak to the door like you gave up. Reacting to Niza's voice, the door opened with a giggly blunt sound.

"............ to?

The person standing in front of the door is not Niza's imaginary person.

"Ay... Risu?

Disgruntled, Niza's thinker stood there with her cheeks only slightly inflated.